135: A heartless man?

After Liu Qingqing gave a simple instruction, she sat in the corner and began to drink tea.

The room before them was a place all players in Yunlong City dreamed of; any beast egg here could be sold for an astronomical price if taken to the outside world.

Even Ning Fengya's SS-rank Ice Flame Spirit Phoenix was not qualified to enter this place!

Lin Du strolled leisurely around the room.

The monster eggs here were diverse and varied.

There were those that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, and swam in the water.

There was the Golden Flame Suanni with the bloodline of an ancient fierce beast, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Wolf rumored to be able to devour everything, the Dark Blazing Demon Dragon with dragon bloodline, and the Ink Jade Qilin whose bloodline was on par with the Qilin Immortal Venerable's Mystic Heaven Qilin...

There were powerful spirit beasts of every kind, but Lin Du only glanced at them before passing by.

What he wanted was a speed-type spirit beast, and he had another requirement: the spirit beast must be able to serve as a mount.

Lin Du had many things to attend to daily, and a fast mount could save him quite a bit of time.

Lin Du stopped in front of a silver egg covered in lightning patterns.

【Nine-Winged Thunder Bird (SSS-rank): A flying spirit beast possessing the Kunpeng bloodline, inheriting the speed advantage of the Kunpeng, a king of the sky capable of soaring through the heavens for ten thousand miles.】

The description of this Nine-Winged Thunder Bird egg was very tempting and almost perfectly met Lin Du's requirements.

Lin Du kept the name of the Nine-Winged Thunder Bird in mind...

Not far from the Nine-Winged Thunder Bird, two eggs placed side by side caught Lin Du's attention.

One of these two eggs was purple, and the other was completely white.

The purple spirit beast egg was very large, standing over a person's height, and covered with purple flame patterns.

【Purple Blood Streaming Light (SSS-rank): A king-level spirit beast among horses, feeding on the flesh and blood of humans and beasts, its adult size comparable to a mountain, possessing peerless speed and super-strong combat power.】

The aura of the purple spirit beast egg was fiery and intense; by comparison, the white spirit beast egg next to it was much gentler.

The surface of the white spirit beast egg was as smooth as a mirror, and it faintly emitted a sacred aura.

Standing in front of the white spirit beast egg, Lin Du's mood relaxed a bit.

【Cloud Spirit Unicorn (SSS-rank): A member of the sacred unicorn family, capable of controlling the power of wind and clouds in heaven and earth, with unparalleled speed, and its blood possesses the miraculous effect of bringing the dead back to life.】

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Lin Du walked around a large circle.

There were many spirit beasts with strong combat power, but spirit beasts that were both strong in combat and fast were relatively rare.

The three spirit beasts Lin Du chose were all quite to his liking.

The last one, the Cloud Spirit Unicorn, was more supportive compared to the first two, whereas the first two possessed significantly stronger combat power...

Lin Du became conflicted.

The Nine-Winged Thunder Bird could fly, the Purple Blood Streaming Light could become a battlefield bulldozer, and the Cloud Spirit Unicorn could become a super healer.

All three were very tempting!

"Brown-Eyed Beauty, which of these three spirit beasts do you think is better?" Lin Du wanted to hear Ning Fengya's opinion.

Ning Fengya frowned slightly.

"With such a rare opportunity, why don't you choose a dragon or Qilin-type spirit beast with stronger combat power?"

"If you need a mount, you can go get a specialized mount; there's no need to waste this excellent opportunity!"

Ning Fengya's opinion was very sound, but Lin Du would not adopt it.

The speed of an SSS-rank speed-type spirit beast was not something an ordinary mount could compare to; besides, Ning Fengya had greatly underestimated the combat power of these three spirit beasts.

The combat power of dragon and Qilin-type spirit beasts was very strong, but compared to the three spirit beasts Lin Du had chosen, they wouldn't be that much stronger.

On the contrary, these three spirit beasts had their own characteristics and areas of expertise...

Lin Du stole a glance at Liu Qingqing, who was sitting in the distance sipping tea.

He coughed lightly and said, seemingly unintentionally: "Sigh! I can't really decide which one is better to choose."

"If I had known, I should have called Master Tie from the Blacksmith Shop to help me choose."

Upon hearing the words "Master Tie," the cup in Liu Qingqing's hand froze at her lips.

Whoosh—

Her figure suddenly disappeared from her seat.

A breeze swept through the room, and Liu Qingqing's figure appeared out of thin air in front of Lin Du.

"You know that stinky blacksmith at the Blacksmith Shop?" Liu Qingqing's expression didn't look very good.

Lin Du was stunned, "Stinky blacksmith? Are you talking about Master Tie?"

Liu Qingqing snorted coldly, "Hmph, who else could it be!"

"I just heard you mention him; what is your relationship with that heartbreaker!"

Lin Du said in surprise: "I think you must be mistaken; Big Brother Tie is such a good person, how could he be a heartbreaker?"

After finishing his sentence, Lin Du seemed to suddenly think of something, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

"You, you wouldn't happen to be his lady, would you!"

"His lady?"

Now it was Liu Qingqing's turn to be confused.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Liu Qingqing scolded angrily.

Lin Du looked at Liu Qingqing with an innocent face.

"Master Tie told me that he has only ever loved one woman in his life, and I thought it was you."

"Sorry, sorry, it was my misunderstanding."

Liu Qingqing stood there with an uncertain expression.

Lin Du muttered to himself: "Master Tie is really something; he didn't grasp his feelings when he was young, and now he sighs every day."

"Not only did he break his childhood sweetheart's heart, but he also let himself live in a daze for so many years..."

Hearing Lin Du's muttered words, which clearly reached Liu Qingqing's ears, she suddenly raised her head.

"What else did that stinky blacksmith tell you?"

Lin Du was frightened by Liu Qingqing's aura.

"N-nothing!" Lin Du stammered.

Liu Qingqing's gaze sharpened.

"Speak!"

Liu Qingqing's man-eating gaze made Lin Du tremble all over, and he could only be "forced" to reveal some of the things he knew.

"When I was drinking with Master Tie, he mentioned after getting drunk that he once had a beautiful childhood sweetheart."

"That girl came from a wealthy family, while Master Tie was just a small servant in her household!"

"The two grew up together and developed feelings for each other."

"When they reached the age of marriage, the girl was excited to marry Master Tie, but Master Tie, because of his humble background, found an excuse that he didn't love her anymore and fled from her."

"Master Tie has lived in pain all these years; he now has some capital and confidence, and he wants to go back to find the girl, but he is afraid of disrupting her peaceful life..."

Before Lin Du could finish speaking, Liu Qingqing had already leaned against the shelf behind her in a daze.

She raised her head blankly, her eyes filled with extreme complexity.

"Is everything you just said true?"

Lin Du nodded solemnly.

"Master Tie is my best brother."

"These things are all what he told me himself."